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Environment

Monday, 17 September 2007

In a speech tonight to the Fabian Society John Hutton Secretary of State for Business will say it is unacceptable it can take ten years from an application for a wind farm being made to energy being delivered to the grid. He will say that, in order to make significant reductions in the UK's carbon emissions, the planning system must undergo radical reform.

Average four bedroom house gets ‘E’ energy rating

Tuesday, 11 September 2007
The average four-bedroom house is getting an E energy rating, according to a survey following the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates(EPCs) and Home Information Packs(HIPs).

ScottishPower gets green light for new windfarm

Tuesday, 11 September 2007

ScottishPower has been granted final planning consent by the new Scottish Government for a £200m windfarm in Harestanes (Dumfries and Galloway).

Nuclear power takes centrestage

Saturday, 08 September 2007

Today, in one of the largest ever exercises of its kind, Ministers will canvass the views about nuclear power of a demographically representative sample of 1,100 citizens simultaneously across nine UK cities.

Environmentalists snub nuclear construction scheme

Friday, 07 September 2007
The Government’s plans to construct nuclear power stations was today given an almighty snub when environmentalists pulled out of a consultation, describing the process as a “sham and a fraud”.

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